The study of migration helps make the world a better place for populations on the move. Migrations researchers at Cornell promote human rights for migrants, study migratory bird species, and support scholars under threat.
We're bringing together migration scholars for a conference about migration, sustainability, and belonging in the contemporary moment. Students, scholars, and researchers from the Cornell community will share work that examines human mobility as a sociolegal and political process shaped by borders, state power, labor markets, and inequality.
Patricia Campos-Medina organizes an exhibit about migrant workers.
Ian Kysel presents African Migrant Rights Principles.
Amanda Rodewald studies migratory birds in Central America.
Tao Leigh Goffe, Shannon Gleeson, Atif Khan, Austin Kocher, Christin Washington , Judith Salcido , Rewa Phansalkar , Ryan Persadie , Anisa Jackson, Elspeth Iralu, Erica Violet Lee, Hashem Abushama, Nisrin Elamin, Randa Tawil, et al.
Tackling how racial justice and climate crisis are entangled, this essay introduces a speculative cartography experiment entitled The World We Became: Map Quest 2350. A collaboration between a…
Aparajita Bhandari, Diana Freed, Tara Pilato, Faten Taki, Gunisha Kaur, Stephen Yale-Loehr, Jane Powers, Tao Long, and Natalya N. Bazarova
There is a concerning lack of clear and accurate information around accessing public benefits for asylum applicants in the United States (U.S.), which has been shown to negatively affect their…
Mario D. Molina, Nancy Chau, Amanda D. Rodewald, and Filiz Garip
A growing body of research investigates how changes in weather shape individual choices about migration, yet highly variable results continue to challenge our understanding of the weather-migration…
A Nicole Kreisberg, Els de Graauw, and Shannon Gleeson
In the United States, the integration experiences of immigrants depend partly on whether they are recognized as refugees or economic migrants. Unlike economic migrants, refugees receive federal…
